1 Elon Gardner Hitch Arial

Elon Gardner Hitch
(1885-1972)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Truman Collins

Charles Hitch

2. Jennie Kerry Neal

Elon Gardner Hitch

Born: 21 Aug 1885, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE
Marriage (1): Mary Truman Collins about 1918 in Sussex Co., DE
Marriage (2): Jennie Kerry Neal in 1925 in Laurel, Sussex Co., DE
Died: 09 Sep 1972, Peninsula General Hospital, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD
Buried: Abt 12 Sep 1972, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE

From "A Hitch Orchard", Daisy Hitch Davies, 1931: Elon J. Hitch was a farmer. On our call at his home in 1930, we found him a cordial person. In the front yard of his farm home was a boxwood 150 years old.

In the Federal Census of 1920, Elon G. Hitch is indicated in Sussex County, Delaware in a household as follows: - Elon G. Hitch, age 34, born in DE - Fannie E. Hitch, age 44, born in DE.

Elon married Mary Truman Collins, daughter of Charles G. Collins and Mary A.T. (?), about 1918 in Sussex Co., DE. (Mary Truman Collins was born in 1883 in Laurel, Sussex Co., DE, died in 1919 in DE and was buried in 1919 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE.)

Elon next married Jennie Kerry Neal, daughter of Charles Kerry and Elizabeth McKenna, in 1925 in Laurel, Sussex Co., DE. (Jennie Kerry Neal was born on 19 May 1894 in New York City, NY, died on 27 Dec 1973 in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford, Sussex Co., DE and was buried about 30 Dec 1973 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE.)